Title :
Technique for in-situ measurements of polarization mode dispersion
Author :
Boroditsky, M. ; Brodsky, M. ; Frigo, N. ; Magill, P. ; Raddatz, L.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A nondisruptive PMD measurement technique (utilizing the sidebands of working channels) is demonstrated, compared to the Mueller matrix method, and applied to a 43Gb/s field-installed system. Correlation between differential group delay and bit-error rate is observed.
Keywords :
delay-differential systems; error statistics; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 43 Gbit/s; Mueller matrix method; bit-error rate; differential group delay; field-installed system; in-situ measurement; nondisruptive PMD measurement technique; polarization mode dispersion; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Frequency measurement; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probes; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247616
